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Thairapy365 Tri-Curl Clipless Curling Iron + Giveaway

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You know how I’m obsessed with Thairapy365 products… Oh, you hadn’t heard? Well, here – check these out first then.

Original Curling Iron.  An Almost Hair Tutorial.  Blowdryer.   World’s Fastest Flat Iron.

I didn’t think I could love anything more than my original Thairapy Clipless Iron, until I found out they made a new and improved one! Seriously, they made an already perfect tool even better. (Like if my cat could clean her own litter box. That would really be the life… )

Instead of the one size barrel, it comes with THREE interchangeable barrels. So now I can make tiny curls or big soft ones. Blah, Blah, Blah, I won’t go on and on about the technology and all of its features, all I care about is that it works.

New pictures using all three barrels.

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My friend Allyson has super curly hair, so I love using Thairapy’s tools to see it transform.

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Update: Thairapy365 wants to give one of YOU a Tri-Curl Clipless Curling Iron! Aren’t they the best?? To enter, leave a comment below about your worst haircut. (Mine was when my mom had the hairdresser give me a bowl-cut…I’m still mad about it).

Random winner will be picked March 20th at midnight.

Update 2: Giveaway Over!

xo ZZ

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Thairapy Blowdryer Review

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Hey New York Whimsy!

I’m Hilarie from Positively Panicked, friend of Zoey, drinker of coffee, fellow New Yorker, and lover of Sephora.

Nice to meet you.

Zoey was recently given the Thairapy 365 Blow Dryer to test out, but because Zoey’s hair can dry perfectly straight in 2 seconds under just an air conditioner, she decided I’d be a better guinea pig.

I am madly in love with Zoey’s Thairapy curling iron, so I was just thrilled to take the blow dryer off her hands and test it out.

Now, to give you a little history of my hair let me start with the fact that I have really thick, wavy (in a gross way), damaged hair. I have been coloring my hair since I was 16, I have used every sort of hot tool in existence on it, I blow dry it too much, and once got braids in the Dominican Republic to control my wild tame in the humid weather and salt water.

 

It usually takes me about twenty minutes to blow dry my hair, longer if I actually style it while blow drying. Even after blow drying my hair with a large paddle brush and round brush for half an hour, I still have to take out my straightener to fix some unruly pieces, especially around my face.

I have now tested the Thairapy blow dryer 3 times, once in a rush, once while my hair was still absolutely soaked, and once while actually styling it. Every time, my hair was successfully dried in about half the time it normally takes! This was especially exciting the time I was already running late. This blow dryer is super powerful. My hair has never dried so fast!

Even though this blow dryer is strong and fast, it’s not exactly perfect. It is very heavy. Heavy enough that I have to switch arms about 6 times while blow-drying, (and I workout!). I guess a plus could be toned arms. They should advertise that.

This blow dryer not only blow dries your hair in half the time, but you will see defined arms after only 8 blow dries, guaranteed or your money back!

The buttons on the blow dryer were also annoying. They are located exactly where I place my fingers, and since I had to hold on with all my might, I kept hitting the buttons and either lowering the heat, or reducing the power…over, and over again. I have a feeling my hair would have dried even faster if I could have kept it at the correct setting.

The Thairapy website advertises that this blow dryer will actually make your hair healthier and stronger. Here’s what they have to say:

Explore the power that the Thaira-Dry Blow Dryer provides as it applies technology advance infrared light that infuses a mild heat inside your hair cuticles as opposed to the hair shaft, speeding up the drying time. Incorporating antimicrobial properties through an Ultra Violet technology, your hair is actually cleaned while it dries. Did you know that bacteria and buildup can be found in your hair even though you can’t see it? The Thaira Blow Dryer removes harmful bacteria, allowing your locks to reach their full potential of beauty and strength.

I have not used this dryer long enough to say if this is accurate, but I’ll keep using it to see if my hair does get any healthier. Toned arms and non-damaged hair would be two good reasons to purchase this blow dryer. (It’s $150) But, I definitely won’t be packing it for any vacations. My suitcase is heavy enough.

Overall, I give this blow dryer an 7.5 out of 10 on Hilaire’s Scale of Cool New Beauty Products.

Zoey, thanks for letting me share my judgments on your blog!

Cheers!

Thanks so much to Hilarie from Positively Panicked for reviewing this blow dryer! I didn’t read all that info about how it cleans your hair and gets rid of bacteria and buildup. It may magically disappear from your home one day. Thanks again to Thairapy 365 for letting me try out their products! 

I think the next product of theirs I want to try out is the Restore RX. It looks like a straightener but it’s actually supposed to deeply condition and heal your hair. All with NO heat! Sounds very interesting… Check out the Restore RX on their website. 

xo ZZ

 

***Update: Having a giveaway right now for Thairapy’s Flat Iron! Leave a comment over here, ends February 24th.

And the winner is….

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Watch this video to find out who won the Thairapy Curling Iron. I shot it on my phone, so it’s blurrier than I thought… and the brother was with me to be a witness so there was no rigging involved.

Congrats to the dedicated reader Amy S. for winning! Hope you get lots of use out of it! And thanks again to Thairapy 365 for sending this to New York Whimsy, it was fun to have a giveaway and hear about people’s tramatic hair situations.

Thanks for playing everyone! What should my next giveaway be?

xo ZZ

Big News!

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I have been impatiently waiting what seems like weeks for a package to arrive. It was really only 5 days I think. But I’m terrible at keeping secrets, and I didn’t want to announce anything too soon just in case it didn’t happen. Like if the neighbor stole my box or something.

Let’s rewind.

It all started last week, I was practicing the art of laziness when I got up to use the bathroom. Next thing I know I’m rocking (banging) my head against the sink and knocking my arms into the shower. It’s not a hard task to do all at once if you’ve seen how small my bathroom is. But then I felt absolutely fine, no panicking, my head only slightly hurt, and the shampoos in the shower were in slight disarray. Why I then texted Hilarie, the queen of anti-calm medical issues, I don’t know, who then set off a chain reaction of panic in everyone else.

So against my will, kicking and screaming, I went to the doctor. He weighed me, poked, prodded, felt me up a little, took my blood pressure about twelve times, tested my reflexes then did a EKG where they stick those things on you then attach what looks like jumper cables to each stickers. He ordered an ultrasound on my heart just in case (which I later had – end result, I’m fine, super healthy, but I could use a little Vitamin D).

The point of that long story is stupid, except for the end. When I was leaving the doctor’s office with the results that I was “most likely fine but go have another test taken” I got an email from Thairapy 365 (if you don’t know what I’m talking about right now, you may as well quit reading.) Brianna, the wonderful person over there wanted to send me a curling iron as a giveaway. Seriously! For one of you guys! Someone else besides me will actually get to experience the ridiculous amazingness of this thing. And maybe you can vouch that I’m not crazy and that it is actually a really good product. Warning, it may come with one glove missing since I just lost mine. (Kidding, I’ll sacrifice myself so that you can learn the proper techniques.)

So the point of the story, no good fainting goes without reward.

Leave a comment below about your worst curling iron experience, or whatever else you want. You can read about mine here. Then I’ll use a random generator to determine the winner. (And everyone give a big cyberspace thanks to Brianna for being awesome!) You have 2 weeks, May 31, 5PM your comment must be submitted. Tell your friends.

This could all be yours!

Mission Incurlable – Thairapy 365 Digital Curling Iron Tutorial

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Well, today I tried to make my curling iron tutorial for a friend who ordered Thairapy 365 which by the way is down WAY on SALEEEE for $180. (I know that sounds crazy, but think of it as the new Chi).  Peter was busy so I couldn’t get him to come take my pictures while I curled. So I attempted it myself.

First, I tried to find a place in my apartment where the light is good. Which is nowhere. I even stood on a chair and adjusted all the can lights to hit me, and still nothing. I pushed back all the curtains so that I was now looking directly into my neighbors’ homes. The only place where you were going to be able to see was the bathroom, because of that idiotic skylight/hole in the ceiling.(This is not a complaint about skylights, it’s a complaint about my skylight. It’s 15 feet above me, I can’t see out of it, and I’m pretty sure there is a mouse living up there kicking dirt into my shower.)

I sat on the toilet with the computer on the sink praying that the leaky faucet would just miss the back on the computer and not destroy everything. (Wish I had a picture of that… but alas then I wouldn’t have had the need to be in there in the first place. Catch 22).

So there I am sitting on the pot, with my magic glove on one hand, blazing hot curling iron in the other. Now who’s going to push the button on photo booth to count down the 3 seconds…

By the time I hit it and put the iron back where I wanted it in my hair, the timer would have gone off. Or I wasn’t smiling. Or I couldn’t wrap it down the end quick enough. Or I’d burn the top by attempting the same picture several times. Or the picture was blurry. Or I forget to lean back in the right light. Or the wire was tangled. Or in my face. Or because I was sandwiched in between the shower and the wall, my arms had to be so high in the air I couldn’t curl it right.

I give up. I’ll try again tomorrow.

Maybe the point I was trying to make is… no how small my apartment is or how incapable I can be at something, the hair still turns out good, a true testament to the awesomeness of The Iron.

Behind the scenes: Because of the sunsetting and the need for light, I am leaning up against the toilet, holding the computer with my feet, steadying it with my hands. This is getting a little ridiculous.

Beautiful Bouncy Curls Brought To You By Zoey – Thairapy 365 Thairacurl Digital Curling Iron Review

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Ode to a curling iron

Oh, curling iron

how I adore thee

You lift me up

when I am down

You make me not

look like a clown.

Your gentle looks

and red hot touch

caress my hair

just like such.

Alright, that was getting creepy, enough of that. But seriously, this is the greatest thing I have ever spent money on. I’d say it’s tied with the places I’ve travelled to. Those trips only last a few weeks, this iron will curl my hair forever.

I discovered Thairapy 365 while Christmas shopping in Henri Bendels, two saleswomen tied me down and attacked my hair with it. I laughed in their face when they said it would stay curled all day. I’ve heard that one before! But I vowed that if it was curled even in an hour I would come back.

Fast forward to the next morning and my damn hair is still curled. Why didnt I know about this sooner?? Why have I spent hundreds of dollars and wasted hours and hours on shitty curling irons, sleeping in wet braids, sock rollers, hot rollers, and that awful tool from the 90′s that was a curling iron and a brush at the same time. That’s probably why my hair sucks. I can’t count the times my hair got stuck and caught fire in that torture chamber.

I still have nightmares about this thing.

I digress. Back to Henry Bendel, I took all the money I had planned on using to buy my family Christmas presents and bought myself a curling iron. What a vain bitch I am, huh? (Don’t worry I hand made them all cards to show how much I care).

I’ve also been using my curling iron in a charitable way. Everytime I see someone with a mess of a hair, I quickly whip Thairapy 365 out of my purse and say “girl, sit down and let me get to work!”. Then we bond over how much better they look now that they have soft bouncy curls. I am SO generous.

Here’s some people’s lives I have made so much better. Seriously these girls had terrible self esteem and without me curling their hair, who knows if they would have ever realized their self-worth.

Me!

Third day curls!

Curled.

Sextuple bachelorette party curls.

It makes me feel good to help out others. Now if you’re wondering how did she get all those different types of curls!? Don’t fret, I’m going to tell you, stayed tuned for whenever I get around to that… sometime next week maybe? Update, here’s the tutorial. 

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UPDATE: For a chance to win this curling iron, submit a comment here. Ends Feb 24, 2013.

Check out my guests’ review of the Thairapy 365 Blowdryer here!